Where Ampian's data comes from
Ampian is a home intelligence platform that gives US homebuyers and owners the true cost, zoning, and natural-hazard picture of any address before they commit.
Ampian's analysis is AI-synthesized from the authoritative sources listed below. We do not invent numbers — every report is built by an AI model that reads and combines these real, named data sources for your specific address.
For the Zoning Oracle report
Zoneomics
Current zoning and land-use classification plus overlay districts.
FEMA NFHL
Regulatory flood-zone determination from the National Flood Hazard Layer.
FEMA National Risk Index
Composite and per-hazard natural-risk ratings for the location.
USFS Wildfire Hazard Potential
Modeled wildfire hazard class, part of Wildfire Risk to Communities.
GreatSchools
School ratings and quality signals for the surrounding area.
FHFA House Price Index
Home-appreciation trends over recent 5- and 10-year windows.
US Census ACS
American Community Survey home values and neighborhood-change signals.
Nearby development news (AI)
Recent development news retrieved by AI over curated, reputable press and news sources.
US Census geographies (TIGER)
Census tract and geography resolution for the address.
Overture Maps
Existing infrastructure, nearby amenities, and public-transit context, built on OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL).
HUD Fair Market Rents
Area rent benchmarks used as a rentability signal.
For the True Cost Forecaster report
US Census ACS + county property-tax rules
Property-tax rates and homestead exemptions by jurisdiction.
US Treasury FIO + construction cost
Homeowners-insurance estimate calibrated to rebuild cost.
EIA + DOE RECS (electricity)
Electricity cost model from federal energy data.
EIA + DOE RECS (heating oil)
Heating-oil cost model from federal energy data.
Local water-utility rates
Water and sewer cost from published local utility rates.
BLS wage index
Landscaping-labor cost from the Bureau of Labor Statistics wage index.
DOE/IECC climate zones
Climate normalization so cost models reflect local conditions.
Capex & maintenance cost models
Pool upkeep, snow removal, and major-system replacement reference costs.
Shared across both reports
Nominatim / OpenStreetMap
Report geocoding — turning the address into latitude and longitude, server-side.
OpenAI (synthesis)
The AI model that synthesizes each report from the authoritative sources above.
How the report is built
Ampian gathers the sources above for your address, then an AI model synthesizes them into a single, readable report. The insights are AI-synthesized estimates grounded in authoritative federal, public, and licensed data — not a human appraisal, and not a guess pulled from thin air.